Drills

Loop Breakdown Drills

How to run Loop Breakdown Drills — a drill you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense)
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 2 diagram
Starting alignment (1 offense)
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 3 diagram
1 passes to 5; 3 cuts to the basket
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 4 diagram
Starting alignment (2 offense)
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 5 diagram
1 cuts to the left wing; 5 screens near the left block; 5 screens near the basket; 5 cuts to the right wing; 5 cuts to the left low post
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 6 diagram
5 passes to 1
Loop Breakdown Drills — frame 7 diagram
4 screens near the left wing; 4 dribbles to the left wing; 4 passes to 2; 2 passes to 4; 4 dribbles to the left block; 2 cuts to the right corner

Work this drill when you are teaching the entry passes and cutting reads that make your Loop offense run. Players practice the pass from 1 to 5 with 3 cutting to the basket, then run the 4-to-2 passing exchange with 4 attacking the block and 2 spacing the corner. Drilling these small pieces in isolation locks in the timing before you put the full action together.

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